Rock-Tumbler Red

Early this year I bought a vintage rock-tumbler on eBay since I’ve been wanting to explore another way of creating pigments from the rocks I’ve collected. And, I’m happy to share that it arrived in the mail last week! Once

Getting the White Right

Robert Gamblin, from Gamblin Artists Colors, has just released an in-depth article about the different white pigments that artists use. It deals with everything from a pigment’s tone to its flexibility! Although I don’t purchase a lot of materials personally,

Conestogo Shell White

I’ve been experimenting with creating a shell white from some mussel shells I found along the Conestogo River a couple of years back. With work beginning on some local-colour plant paintings, I again find myself in need a local white

Folded map (and the beginning of my Conestogo spidergram)

It seems funny that after completing so many local-colour spidergrams I still haven’t made one for my village of Conestogo. I decided this week that I needed to put that wrong to right, and to do so I also wanted